David Garfield, MD

Dr. Garfield is Professor, Associate Chair for Psychotherapy and Director of our Psychiatry Residency Training Program which he has led since 1988. He graduated from UCSF School of Medicine and completed his psychiatry training at Harvard’s Massachusetts Mental Health Center. He also finished his psychoanalytic training in 2006 at Chicago’s Institute for Psychoanalysis and he is on their voluntary teaching faculty. He has written dozens of articles on psychotherapy and his book, “Unbearable Affect: A Guide to the Psychotherapy of Psychosis” is in its second edition (Karnac, 2009). He has co-edited the book “Beyond Medication” and he lectures internationally on psychosis. He serves the University as the chair of its Graduate Medical Education Committee.